Human platelets exhibit infectious-pathogen-binding ligands and participate to inflammation (and more?)

Exp Hematol. 2005 Oct;33(10):1081-2. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2005.06.033.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • B-Lymphocytes / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Blood Platelets / metabolism*
  • Blood Platelets / microbiology
  • CD40 Antigens / metabolism
  • CD40 Ligand / metabolism
  • Endothelium, Vascular / metabolism
  • Endothelium, Vascular / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate / physiology
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Inflammation / microbiology
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism
  • Ligands
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Platelet Activation / physiology*
  • Platelet Transfusion
  • Staphylococcal Infections / metabolism
  • Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism
  • Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • CD40 Antigens
  • Interleukin-6
  • Ligands
  • CD40 Ligand